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More than 11,300 caps.
Toad River, British Columbia

Alaska Highway Hat Collection

At a lodge and RV park is a collection of headwear that comes in at more than 11,300 and counting.
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Show & Tell With the Staff of Chicago’s Field Museum

11:15
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Show & Tell: Inside a House of Hot Sauce With Vic Clinco

13:16
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Show & Tell: The Magic of Imperfect Objects With Jessica Oreck

9:58
Charles and Betty at home with their collection.
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The Teetotaling Couple Who Filled Their Home With Novelty Whiskey Containers

For decades, Jim Beam made decanters shaped like Elvis, the Mount St. Helens eruption, and more.
Bailey Berg May 5, 2020
The 20-stater coin at the Cabinet des Médailles, 2010.
Paris, France

Gold 20-stater of Eucratides I

The heaviest gold coin ever minted.
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Show & Tell: The Mechanical Magic of Scotland’s House of Automata

16:44
Mitsos Tsiganos
Agrilos, Greece

Beauties & Hardships

This quaint farm in the Peloponnese countryside hides an astonishing cache of antique curiosities.
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Show & Tell: See a Collection of Dissected Skulls and Medical Marvels

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The New-York Historical Society's collection of COVID-19 objects will eventually include these homemade masks, stitched by Heidi Nakashima.
museums

How Museums Will Eventually Tell the Story of COVID-19

Masks, ventilators, and Zoom recordings may one day be the artifacts of our time.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 17, 2020
While many <em>znachki</em> (lapel pins) are miniature pieces of Soviet propaganda, the form is older than the 1917 revolution. This one celebrates toy production in Zagorsk, now called Sergiev Posad.
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The U.S.S.R.'s Hottest Collectibles Are All Over eBay and Instagram

“Here was a piece of history that you could pin to your lapel."
Susie Armitage April 14, 2020
Meet Dave Remsen, director of Marine Research Services at the Marine Biological Lab, which was founded in 1888.
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The Woods Hole Lab Where Mysteries of the Deep Are Solved

Nervous sharks, flight-risk octopuses, and fish that walk are just a few of Dave Remsen's cases.
Lucy Sherriff April 6, 2020
A detail of the dreamy map of Rye Beach, New York.
libraries

Let Your Mind Wander With These Gloriously Detailed Maps

Satisfy your urge to roam and while away some time with these picks from cartographic collectors, curators, and scholars.
Jessica Leigh Hester March 31, 2020
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Zenith

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.
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History of Stickers Museum
Toronto, Ontario

History of Stickers Museum

This museum explores the history of stickers and is home to RePEELed, an exhibit featuring sticker art from around the world.
Rio Grande, New Jersey

Menz Restaurant & Bar

Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.
The bizarre ceramic jar from 1888 is on view in the Met's newly renovated British Galleries.
objects of intrigue

This British Bird Is Watchful, Whimsical, and Very Victorian

The 19th-century ceramic work by London's quirky Martin Brothers is now smirking at museum-goers in NYC.
Catherine Zuckerman March 9, 2020
Wacko Strorefeont
Los Angeles, California

Soap Plant / Wacko

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.